CES 2005: LG VX8000 Coming Soon

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LG is providing the new flagship phone for Verizon Wireless -- and it's slick.

By IGN Wireless

LG used CES to show off the final design of the hotly anticipated LG VX8000, which as soon as it launches in early 2005, will become the flagship phone for Verizon Wireless. Once you have the chance to hold the device in your hand, you fully appreciate Verizon's enthusiasm, as it makes the now-seemingly stop-gap VX7000 look like a toy.

The VX8000 EVDO handset is designed to take advantage of newer high-speed data technology - for you and me, that means video content and larger-scale 3D games than we've currently seen on handsets before. We recently profiled Disney Mobile's Kingdom Hearts title, which we had the chance to play on a VX8000.

In addition to playing 3D games, the VX8000 will offer music and video on demand, allowing subscribers to download and play clips of television shows, entire songs, and original content created just for handsets.

The VX8000 is also equipped with an integrated CCD 1.3 mega pixel video camera that can shoot both exquisite still images (for a handset, anyway) and video clips, which can be saved to internal memory or sent to other handset users. The camera comes complete with four digital zoom settings.

LG and Verizon would like to have the LG VX8000 out in stores by the end of this month. Our two-year contract is almost up, so we definitely feel an upgrade coming on.